Island Trip

Photos:

1. Fishing on the Island trip

2. Ants nest at Bramwell Junction

We spent the day travelling around a few of the islands. Firstly we went to Roita island, a small island owned by the family of one of the boys crewing on our boat. It is where they live and run their pearling business. Then we did a spot of fishing and we caught a big blue fin tuna on a lure before proceeding onto Possession island where Captain Cook first landed. After that we went to Thursday Island (known as TI by the locals) where we had a cup of coffee while we waited for our tour to begin. The tour was conducted by local islander who drove us all over the island telling us about it’s very rich history. It is a nice little country town and the hub of all the surrounding Torres Strait Islands for shopping etc. After our tour we then went back to the boat for our trip to Horn island where we had lunch of local fish (Spanish Mackerel) caught by the proprietor and chef. He gave us a recipe for the tuna we had caught: Coat the fish in a mixture of sea salt and sweet paprika and fry. Serve with dressing of Balsamic vinegar and honey.
After lunch we went through the museum of WW11 and Torres Straite Island exhibits.
On the way home we did another spot of fishing and this time we brought in a 5 foot Dusky Whaler shark. Ray reeled him in but he was too dangerous to deal with on the boat so they had to let him go.
It was pretty exciting with three of them trying to wrestle him back into the water.
The weather got a bit rough coming back across the straite.